Amusement device.



W. P. HAYES AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

APPLIoATIoN FILED AUG. .12, 190s.

920,567. Patenea May 4, 1909.

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WALTER PL HAYES, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT AMUSEMIEINT DEVICE.

Specification of Letters. Patent;

Patented May 4", 1909'.

Application led August 12, 1908. Serial No. 448,162.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER P. HAYES, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of New Haven, in the county of New Haven i? and State ofConnecticut, have invented a new and Improved Amusement Device, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description.

In the construction of my improved amusement device I make use of arelatively large hollow body havingI the general form of a bowl, such abowl as might be generated at either side oi" the major axis of anellipse when revolving' it about its minor axis, thus producing asemi-ellipsoidal iigure. In this bowl-shaped or ellipsoidal body Iprovide a central circular seat at the bottom, and a circumferentialseat at the side, arranged at or near the top oi the bowl atapproximately right angles to the bottom or initial seat. The passengersenter the bowl through an opening, preferably at the side, and when thisopening is closed the bowl is revolved on its vertical axis, and bycentrifugal action moves the passengers from the bottom seat to the seatat the side, where they remain suspended at right-angles to a naturalseating posture.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis speciiication, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both views.

Figure 1 is a plan 'of my improved amusement device with the top partlybroken away to better disclose the interior construction; and Fig. 2 isa vertical section through the device substantially on the line 2-2 ofFig. 1., showing the central seat in elevation.

More specifically described, the invention embodies in its constructiona hollow body 5, in the nature of a large bowl, which has a form of asemi-ellipsoid, generated by revolving that portion of an ellipse at oneside of its major axis about its minor axis, and having aninwardly-turned flange at its upper edge which is offset midway itswidth to provide an inner seat 6. The seat thus produced is arranged atthe side of the bowl and extends continuously around the top. Theopening at the top of the bowl is closed by a cover 7, preferably ofcanvas, and elevated a distance above the seat 6 to provide ventilatingopenings 8. The bottom of the bowl has an attached circular rail 9resting on supporting rollers 10, and is further provided with a centralgear or other equivalent actuating wheel 11 having its axis journaled ina bearinglS, Vthe wheel 1.1 being driven: from any suitable source ofpower, as by the motor shown.

Inside oi' the bowl at the bottom is a central circular seat 14, theback of which terminates in a cone-shaped body 15. On this seat thepassengers are initially seated after passing into the car through asuitable entrance opening. This entrance opening, as shown in thepresent construction, is in the side of the bowl and is closed when thebowl is in motion by a door 16 opening to the inside, access throughthis opening being had by a gang-plank or bridge 17. kAfter thepassengers pass into the bowl and seat themselves on the seat 14, thedoor 16 is closed and the bowl set in revolution. As the velocityincreases, the passengers are moved from the seat 14 under centrifugalaction up the sides of the bowl and seat on the seat 6, where they aresustained at approximately right-angles to a natural seating posture.When the velocity oi the bowl is checked, as when stopping, thepassengers will slide down the sides to the bottoni and thereafter leavethe bowl' through the door 16.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. In an amusement device, a hollow dished body, the inner surface ofwhich gradually curves upwardly 'from the bottom, with that portion ofsaid surface adjacent to the rim of the body approximately vertical, aseat at the bottom oi' the body on which the passengers are linitiallyseated, a seat near the rim of the body, and means for revolving thebody to carry the passengers by centrifugal force from the first seat upsaid curved surface to the second seat,

2. In an amusement device, a relatively deep dished body having acentral circular seat at the bottom, on which the passengers areinitially seated, a continuous seat at the side, arranged above and atapproximately right-angles to the 'first seat, and means for revolvingthe body to carry the passengers from the lirst seat to the second seatby centrifugal force.

3. In an amusement device, a relatively deep dished body having acentral circular seat at the bottom, on which the passengers are adaptedto initially seat, and provided with an opening in the side, throughwhich the passengers are adapted to pass, a continuous seat at the topedge oi the body, arl ranged at approximately right-angles to the lirstseat, means for closing the opening in the side of the body, and meansfor revolving the body on its vertical axis to carry the passengers fromthe rst seat to the second seat by ycentrifugal action.

4. In an amusement device, an approximately oblate semi-ellipsoidalhollow body, a rail and a driving wheel secured to the under side of thebody, rollers on which the rail of the body rests, and means for drivingsaid wheel to revolve the body whereby the passengers therein arecarried by centrifugal action from the bottom to the Sides.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence oi two subscribing witnesses.

WALTER P. HAYES.

Witnesses:

BERNARD WEsBEoHRR, Jr., ERNEST W. MOREY.

